Conversations: David France

Documentary filmmaker and journalist David France speaks about his films How to Survive a Pandemic (2022) and How to Survive a Plague (2012), and the role of storytelling in documenting public health crises and holding institutions accountable.

ConversationsThe NocturnistsAugust 9, 2022COVID, AIDS, disease, doctors, pandemic, film, vaccines, HBO, science, public health, politics, pharmaceutical, PPE, frontline, healthcare, solution, documentary, reporter, health, development, production, distribution, access, stakeholders, WHO, Fauci, community, academic, research, labs, footage, recording, institution, retrospective, prospective, archival, embargo, epidemic, ACTUP, activism, HIV, journalism, impact, survive, plague, testing, trials, vaccination, measure, success, rollout, history, genetic sequence, invention, China, measurement, bookstores, organizing, solidarity, global, clinical, protesting, IP, orthodox, christian, priest, mentalhealth, hesitancy, misinformation, network, robotic, cameras, meta narrative, heroes, military, metaphors, artists, podcast, historians, journalists, anthropologists, witness, philosophical, prism, science journalism, discovery, moral failure, Tedros, CDC, nationalism

Conversations: Rupa Marya, MD & Raj Patel

Physician Rupa Marya and political economist Raj Patel discuss their book, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice, which explores the impact of oppressive systems on our health and how deep medicine can facilitate collective healing.

Conversations: Laura Kolbe, MD

Poet, physician, and medical ethicist Dr. Laura Kolbe speaks about her poetry collection Little Pharma, which explores the languages of poetry and medicine, and how poetry can capture the spirit of what it means to be human.

ConversationsThe NocturnistsMay 3, 2022doctor, podcast, storytelling, medical ethics, poetry, narrative, language, patient, pharma, physician, medical error, training, National Poetry Month

Conversations: Wesley Ely, MD

Dr. Wesley Ely speaks about his book Every Deep Drawn Breath, which explores deep sedation and immobilization in the ICU, and how he's transforming critical care, one patient at a time.

Conversations: Jenny Qi

Cancer biologist and poet Jenny Qi speaks about her poetry collection Focal Point, which examines science, disease, love, and family.

ConversationsThe NocturnistsMarch 29, 2022cancer, competitive intelligence, Chinese, immigrant, cultural revolution, lab, memoirs, mother, death, mourning, oncology, pnets, poem, poetry, suppression, translating, writing, medicine, student, podcast

Conversations: Emily Maloney

Author Emily Maloney speaks about her new collection of essays, Cost of Living, which explores the American healthcare system and what it’s like to be on both sides of the healthcare cost equation.

the NOCTURNISTS: Conversations

Nominated for the 2023 Webby Awards!

Best Interview/Talk Show

Emily talks with authors, filmmakers, and other creators whose work examines questions of health and healing.

© Copyright 2023 The Nocturnists. All Rights Reserved.